Array antenna system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10553958-B2
Application number	US-201816023192-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2018
Priority date	Dec 30, 2015
Publication date	Feb 4, 2020
Grant date	Feb 4, 2020

Abstract

The embodiments of this disclosure disclose an array antenna system. The array antenna system includes M antenna radiation units, a strip line feed system, a strip line ground plane, and a strip line cavity; the strip line feed system includes a phase shift circuit and N first printed circuit boards PCBs configured to implement a power allocation function and/or a phase compensation function; the phase shift circuit is located in the strip line cavity, P first PCBs are located on an outer surface of the strip line cavity; all or some of the M antenna radiation units are connected to signal planes of the N first PCBs, and the signal planes of the N first PCBs are in a radio frequency connection to the phase shift circuit by using probes; and ground planes of the N first PCBs are in a radio frequency connection to the strip line ground plane.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An array antenna system, comprising:
M antenna radiation units;
a strip line feed system;
a strip line ground plane;
a strip line cavity; wherein:
the strip line feed system comprises a phase shift circuit and N first printed circuit boards (PCBs) configured to implement a power allocation function and/or a phase compensation function, M is an integer greater than 1, 1≤N≤M, and N is an integer;
the phase shift circuit is located in the strip line cavity, P first PCBs are located on an outer surface of the strip line cavity, and P is an integer greater than 1 and less than or equal to N;
all or some of the M antenna radiation units are connected to signal planes of the N first PCBs, and the signal planes of the N first PCBs are in a radio frequency connection to the phase shift circuit; and
ground planes of the N first PCBs are in a radio frequency connection to the strip line ground plane.

2. The array antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein the phase shift circuit is integrated into a second PCB or a sheet metal strip line.

3. The array antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein a length of each of the N first PCBs is greater than or equal to or less than a length of the strip line cavity.

4. The array antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein one or more of the M antenna radiation units are connected to a signal plane of one first PCB.

5. The array antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein reflective surfaces of the M antenna radiation units are the strip line ground plane and/or an outer surface of the strip line cavity.

6. The array antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein the M antenna radiation units form one or more linear array antenna systems.

7. The array antenna system according to claim 6 , wherein when the M antenna radiation units form a plurality of linear array antenna systems, the array antenna system comprises a plurality of strip line cavities, each of the plurality of linear array antenna systems corresponds to one strip line cavity, and upper surfaces of strip line cavities corresponding to two adjacent linear array antenna systems in the plurality of linear array antenna systems are continuous or separated.

8. The array antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein the M antenna radiation units comprise antenna radiation units at different frequency bands.

9. The array antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein the ground planes of the N first PCBs comprise the strip line ground plane.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xiao Weihong
• Cui He
• Wang Kunpeng

Classifications

• H01Q1/48

  Earthing means; Earth screens; Counterpoises · CPC title

• H01Q23/00

  Antennas with active circuits or circuit elements integrated within them or attached to them · CPC title

• H01Q1/246

  specially adapted for base stations · CPC title

• H01Q21/08

  the units being spaced along or adjacent to a rectilinear path {(waveguide fed H01Q21/0037)} · CPC title

• H01Q21/0075 Primary

  Stripline fed arrays (H01Q21/065 takes precedence) · CPC title